Dead satellites pose a danger to humans

[Eldorado]

"Thousands of ‘dead’ satellites are floating in space and pose a ‘very big danger’ to humanity, the head of the European Space Agency (Esa) has warned.

"Speaking at the agency's ministerial council in Seville, Jan Worner said that of almost 4,500 satellites in orbit, only 1,500 are active."

At the paywalled Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/11/27/dead-satellites-pose-danger-humans-warns-european-space-agency/

And at Engineering & Technology: https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2019/11/european-space-agency-plans-mission-to-fight-dead-satellites/

 

"This video examines how new space technology can protect us from asteroids and solar flares, as well as deal with the growing threat from space debris."

View at the ESA: https://www.esa.int/Safety_Security

Or at YouTube (4mins 15secs):

 

[SHaYap]

Space squatting... They can be easily knocked out of orbit but due to selfish and self serving reasons, they're left where they are just so nobody else can fill in the orbital paths with newer and better satellites...

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